Bravo Media premieres "Top Chef: Seattle," the 10th season of the
Emmy and James Beard Award-winning series, on Wednesday, Nov. 7, at 10 p.m.
Famed chef and restaurant mogul Wolfgang Puck joins as a judge this season,
alongside Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons, Hugh Acheson and Emeril Lagasse with
Padma Lakshmi returning as host, as 21 chef'testants compete for the top crown.

The franchise has catapulted nine "Top Chef" winners'
careers, and this season the competition goes back to the basics, with culinary
challenges that require a mastery of the primary skills of a chef. The "Top
Chef: Seattle" chef'testants will be pared down week by week as they compete to
out-flavor, out-cook and out-do their competition. The winning chef will
receive $125,000 furnished by Healthy Choice, a feature in Food & Wine
magazine, a showcase at the Annual Food & Wine Classic in Aspen and will
earn the title of "Top Chef."

Following are the 21 "Top Chef: Seattle" hopefuls:

•Lizzie Binder, 37 - Napa, Calif.

•Tina Bourbeau, 42 - New York City

•Chrissy Camba, 30 - Chicago

•Stephanie Cmar, 27 - Boston

•Micah Fields, 28 - Los Angeles

•Eliza Gavin, 38 - Telluride, Colo.

•Anthony Gray, 35 - Macon, Ga.

•Jeffrey Jew, 34 - Washington, D.C.

•Gina Keatley, 32 - New York City

•Kristen Kish, 28 - Boston

•Danyele McPherson, 31 - Dallas

•Daniel O'Brien, 32 - Washington, D.C.

•Carla Pellegrino, 43 - Las Vegas

•Jorel Pierce, 28 - Denver

•Sheldon Simeon, 30 - Lahaina, Hawaii

•John Tesar, 54 - Dallas

•Joshua Valentine, 32 - Oklahoma City

•Bart Vandaele, 41 - Washington, D.C.

•Tyler Wiard, 41 - Denver

•Brooke Williamson, 33 - Los Angeles

•Kuniko Yagi, 35 - Los Angeles

Emmy-nominated "Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen," the
groundbreaking digital video series hosted by Colicchio, returns for its second
season. Each week, two eliminated chef'testants face-off to compete for the
ultimate prize - a spot in the "Top Chef: Seattle" finale.

Fans can follow the "Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen"
challenges and vote in each week's "Tweet Battle" on www.BravoTV.com, as well as join in the
social conversation and see what the chef'testants have to say during the
competition by following @bravotopchef on Twitter or liking the "Top Chef"
Facebook fan page.